eel slime - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

nightprowler · 08-01-2006, 08:12 AM

so it seems that all of my surf tops have a nice coating of eel slime around my wrists and lower arm, and at the center of my chest....so how do you guys go about removing the slime from all of your gear?

eelman · 08-01-2006, 08:14 AM

Rinse it good, leave it outside to dry and the next day it peels off like tape..........

likwid · 08-01-2006, 08:14 AM

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Originally Posted by nightprowler

so it seems that all of my surf tops have a nice coating of eel slime around my wrists and lower arm, and at the center of my chest....so how do you guys go about removing the slime from all of your gear?

multiple washes. the stuff is harder to remove than paint.

Back Beach · 08-01-2006, 08:32 AM

Leave it on there, its good mojo.

RIJIMMY · 08-01-2006, 09:08 AM

center of your chest? What do you do, hug them for good luck?

JFigliuolo · 08-01-2006, 09:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Back Beach

Leave it on there, its good mojo.

ALL my fishing crap wreaks. and that's the way I like it.

Skitterpop · 08-01-2006, 10:38 AM

Peppermint organic soap...slow soak warm water & good rinse with cold water...air dry

good for neoprene as well or breathables though I generally just wade deep a few times in cold saltwater minus slimy bait add ons

piemma · 08-01-2006, 11:13 AM

Now you know why Back Beach and I use to run the back beaches. I agree, I never washed the eel slime off of anything I wore. Who cares if I smell like an eel. the Bass will love me even more

nightprowler · 08-01-2006, 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by piemma

Now you know why Back Beach and I use to run the back beaches. I agree, I never washed the eel slime off of anything I wore. Who cares if I smell like an eel. the Bass will love me even more

thats what i usually do, i figure once i take a few nice waves over my head the slime usually comes off, i was packing my skins top for a trip and was attempting to keep the rest of my clothes from reaking, a plastic bag did the trick.

RIJIMMY center of your chest? What do you do, hug them for good luck?

yep, you gotta give the eels love or they wont catch...its part of the mojo

Raider Ronnie · 08-01-2006, 11:37 AM

I hope you washed your hands good if you took a leak while out fishing !!!!

JoeP · 08-01-2006, 11:41 AM

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Originally Posted by piemma

Now you know why Back Beach and I use to run the back beaches. I agree, I never washed the eel slime off of anything I wore. Who cares if I smell like an eel. the Bass will love me even more

My Truck and the suit I have to wear to work the next day care about smelling like an eel --

Its bad enough some mornings I get in my truck with my suit on and my seat is soaked from my waders the night before from moving spot to spot.

Roseneath · 08-01-2006, 12:03 PM

I rinse all my gear down, but only to get the salt off... I don't worry about the slime, but my car reeks of a combination of waders/drytop and fish slime. Like all odors, you eventually get used to it, but everytime I get into my car after a night of fishing its like "wow"

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My wife hates taking my car and she even recommended that I buy a little truck. If I only had some spare money that would be a great idea.

JFigliuolo · 08-01-2006, 12:13 PM

my wife calls my car "the clam boat"

chris L · 08-01-2006, 01:23 PM

I roll around in the sand , like a dog that messed himself .

piemma · 08-01-2006, 01:37 PM

Bryan and I had a discussion some nights back about "stinky trucks" Both our women hate the smell of our trucks. Thing is, I keep my eels in a Igloo cooler in the truck. I'm starting to think that one escaped and died somewhere in the truck.

NIB · 08-01-2006, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by piemma

Bryan and I had a discussion some nights back about "stinky trucks" Both our women hate the smell of our trucks. Thing is, I keep my eels in a Igloo cooler in the truck. I'm starting to think that one escaped and died somewhere in the truck.

U would know it if one escaped they can be real fowl.I had one pull a houdini act out of my tub in the garage.It took me 2 tweeks of hell to find him.
Seal skin socks i wear in my boots when I wetsuit are some of the worst smelling things in the world.I just throw everything in a tub an close it up.I buy air freshners in little tubs.So the truck smells like a french whorehose in the fish market district.all spring we where doing evenings an first lights.Nothing like putting on wet stinky gear at 430am.

RIROCKHOUND · 08-02-2006, 08:04 AM

Eelslime is fine on my gear...
when I get home at 1a, shower and then find it dried into the hair on my arms... it peels right off...
Been fishing ALOT more riggies this summer, much less of a problem... as long as I remember to throw them back INTO the freezer....

NIB's got it right... my pre-breathable neo waders in august .. barf bag bad for a while there...